Cable carrier



l aw w o J. F. REILLY.

CABLE CARRIER.

APFLICATIQN FILED FEB. 18, 1922.

Patented Sept. 19,1922

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I. F. REILLY. CABLE CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. I922.

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J. F. REILLY.

CABLE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1922.

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Patented Sept 19, 1922.

UNETEZD PATElFlT JAMES IE. REILLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CABLE CARRIER.

Application filed February 18, 1922, Serial No. 537,466.

To all whom it mag concern: my invention will be more readily under- Be it known that 1, James F. REILLY, a stood from the following description, taken citizen of the United States, residing at in connection with the accompanying draw- Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia ings forming part hereof, in which and State of Pennsylvania, have invented Figure 1 is an elevational view, taken certain new and useful Improvements in transversely to'the longitudinal extension of Cable Carriers, of which the following is a the cableway, of a cable supporting device specification. embodying the main features of my present My inventlon relates to a cable carrier, invention;

10 that is to say, to a device which is particu- Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; larly adaptable for use in connection with' Fig. 3 isa-horizontal section thereof taken cable operated cableways for the purpose of approximately on the line 83 of Fig. 2; supporting the operating cable at various and points between the extremities of the cable- Fig. 4 is a vertical section thereof taken 15 way to thereby prevent said operating cable approximately on the line 4-4- of Fig. 3, ilfrom unduly sagging and from fouling on lustrating certain details of the internal conthe main cable upon which the trolley or stru'ction and arrangement of certain of the carriage of thecableway travels. parts,

More specifically considered, my inven- Referring to the drawings, in which a 20 tion relates to a device adapted to support preferred form or embodiment of my inventhe operating cables of cableways which are tion is shown, (3 is the main cable'upon which employed to transport materials from place a trolley or carriage, not shown, but of any to place by means of a trolley or carriage preferred construction, is adapted to travel, adapted to travel upon a main cable, the this cable being supported at-its ends in any 25 cable supporting device proper being so consuitable manner such as is commonly emstructed and arranged as to be readily ployed in such cableways; The operating pushed aside by the trolley or carriage as cable 7 is normally disposed beneath the the same passes along the main cable, but main cable 6, and is adapted to actuate the which is adapted to be automatically retrolley orcarriage which travels upon said 30 turned to its normal operative supporting cableway. An auxiliary supporting cable 8 position after the trolley or carriage has is provided, preferably arranged above the passed beyond the location of the supporting main cable 6. At desired locations at suit;- device, and which is so constructed and arble intervals upon the auxiliary supporting ranged as to be readily mounted with recable 8 a series of the devices comprising the spect to the main cable at any required 10- present invention are adapted to be secured. 9O

cation The preferredmanner of securing the sup- The object, therefore, of my invention is porting device to the auxiliar supporting to provide a simple and efficient device cable 8 comprises a framework 9, consisting adapted to support the operating cable of of longitudinally extending channel beam 40 cabl eways, which device is so constructed 10 which is secured. to the supporting cable and arranged whereby the supporting mem- 8 by means of U bolts 11 at any desired locabers may be pushed aside by the trolleyor tion. The channel beam 10 has secured carriage as the same passes the location of thereto transversely extending angle iron the device, but which isadapted' to be autobeams 12, in the outer ends of which are se- 15 matically returned to its normal condition cured vertically extending bolts 13, which to again support the cable after the trolley bolts 18 are adjustable with respect to the has passed beyond the supporting device, angle iron beams 12 by means of nuts 14 which furthermore is so constructed and arwhich are threaded on the upper ends of ranged as to be readily mountable at desired the bolts 13. The lower ends of the bolts 13 O locations with respect to the main cable, are each provided with encircling coil 05 and which, when so mounted, will readily springs 15, the lower ends of which bear adjust itself to the various shifting posiagainst washers 16 which are positioned on tions of the main cable with respect to'the the lowerends of bolts 13 by means of nuts other cables and parts of the cableway. 17.

55 The nature and characteristic features of The upper ends of the coil springs 15 bear against bracket members 18 which are secured to inverted U-shapedframeslt) whereby said U-shaped frames and the parts carried thereby, as hereinafter more particularly described, are resiliently supported: with respect to the auxiliary supporting cable 8. The U-shaped frames 19 are con nected to each other at their upper portions by means of longitudinally extending angle iron struts 20, and are also connected to each other at their intermediate portions by means of longitudinally QXQGIlCllHg' angle iron struts 2land 22. Mounted in the struts 21 and 22 are pivot pins 23 upon which swinging arms 2% are pivotally mounted. Each of the swinging arms 24; is provided at its inner upper corner with a forked portion which is adapted, when the swinging arm 24 is in its normal operative position, to engage the main cable 6, to thereby position the frames 19 and the parts carried thereby withrespect to said main cable.

Each of the swinging arms 2% also carries at its inner lower corner a spool-like sheave 26 which is adapted, when the swinging arm 24 is in its normal operative position, to support the operating cable. 7 with respect to the main cable 6. The angle iron struts 22 also have bracket members 27 secured thereto, which bracket members 27 serve to support hollow cylinders 28 within which weights 29 are mounted, which are adapted to rise and tall therein. The upper end of each weight 29 has secured thereto one end of a chain or cable 30, the other endoi? which is secured to an eye bolt 31 which is carried by the swinging arm 2-1 at point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof. The bracket members 27, which serve to support the cylinders28, also serve to support brackets 32 within which. are mounted stud shafts 33, and upon each of said stud shafts 33 there is journallcd a pulley 34:, one of these pulleys being provided on each side of each of the chains or cables 30, being adapted to provide a means for guiding said chains or cables when the swinging arms 24: are moved out of their normal operative po sitions to the one side or the other, as the case may be, and as will hereinafter be more fully explained.

On each side of the spool-shaped sheave 26 there is provided a guard member 35 which 18 lntegral wlth, or otherwise secured to and carried by the swinging arm 24, as

shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the outer end of the guard member 35 also serving as a means for supporting the spindle 36 upon which the spool-shaped sheave 26 is journalled. The purpose or the guard member 35 is to prevent the trolley or carriage from abutting against the sheave 26 when the same passes through the cable supporting device above described.

The lower ends of the frames 19 are connected by means of longitudinally extending members 37, each provided with a longitudinally extending slot 38 having flaring ends as at 39. The purpose 01 this arrangement is to provide a means, in connection with a complementally located and shaped member on the trolley or carriage, not shown, for positively positioning the "frames 19 with respect to the main cable 6 as the trolley or carriage passes the location of the cable supporting device hcreinbeiore described, itwill be readily understood, without specific illustration of the trolley or carriage, that the provision of a projecting memberon each side thereof, adapted to engage and pass through. the slots I15 oft-he member 3?, will properly position the supporting device with respect to, said main cable, notwithstanding inequalities in the position of the auxiliary supporting cable 8 with respect tothe main cable 6.

The return line 7 of the operating cable '7 may extend below the auxiliary support ing cable 8, and may be properly positioned with respect to this cable as well as the other cables by means of a sheave 40 which is journalled on ashatt ll mounted in depending brackets 12 which are carried by the longitudinally extending channel beam 10, hereinbeifore mentioned, as clearly illus trated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. A guard plate maybe arranged above the sheave 10 to prevent the return line Y of the operating cable from leaving the groove of the sheave 4:0.

The operation of the device will now be readily undcrstooch The operating cable or cables 7 of? the cable operated cableway normally rest upon and are supported by the spool-shaped sheaves 26 which, as before stated, are journalled in the inner lower corners oi? the swinging arms 2%, and thereby serve to prevent said operatingccable from abnormally sag ing below the main cable 6, or becoming touled therewith.

l Vhen, however, the trolley or carriage approaches the location of the cable supporting device, the cable being attached to or extending into the trolley or at a point a slight distance above the location of the sheave 26, the cable will be raised with respect to the main cable to the position as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. l l henthe trolley or carriage approaches still closer to the cable supporting device, one end of the same will encounter one or the other of the swinging arms 24, depending upon which side the trolley or carriage approaches from, and as the trolley or carriage continues to travel along the cableway through the supporting device the swinging arms will be pushed aside bythe same. I

VJ hen the swinging arms 241: are each pushed aside by the trolley or carriage, the

34c, and as the swinging action continues, the

weight 29 will be lifted within the cylinder 28 until, as the trolley or carriage passes beyond the ends of the respective swinging arms, the same will then be free to return to their normal positions, and will do so by reason of the pull of the weight 29 upon the chain or cabl 80, which, as before stated, has its upper end connected to the swinging arm 24, whereupon, as the swinging arm 2 lreturns to its normal position, and as the trolley or carriage continues to pass to a point some distance beyond the same, the cable 7 will. again be permitted to sufficiently to rest upon the sheave 24 As the trolley or carriage passes through the cable supporting device, suitable pro jections carried by the trolley or carriage, not shown, may engage the slots of the members 3'7, thereby positively positioning the frame 19 with respect to the main cable 6 as the trolley or carri e is passing through, any inequalities in the tension of the auxiliary supporting cable 8 being coinpensated for by reason of the resilient connection between the framework which is secured to said auxiliary supporti cable 8 and the main frame of the device. When, however, the trolley or carriage is some distance away from the cable supporting device, the forked ends 25 of the swinging a ms 24 will maintain the proper relationship between the auxiliary supporting cable 8 and the main cable 6.

It should, of course, be understood that the cable supporting devices hereinbefore described will be provided at intervals along the eableway, for the purpose of supporting the operating cable thereof, being arranged at sufhcient intervals to properly support said cable against undue and fouling with the other cables. it will also be noted that the return line of the operating cable will be supported by means of the sheaves which are carried directly from the portion of the structure which is secured to the auxiliary supporting cable.

It will be seen that there is thus prorided a simple and etlicient device for supporting the operating cable of cable operated cableways which is so constructed and arranged whereby the same may be readily mounted with respect to the cableway at any desired location, which device is entirely ktlltOi'liit'tlC in its action, is quite simple and relat' ely inexpensive, and which is not likely to be easily deranged or damaged in its operation.

Having thus described the nature and characteristic features of my present invention, what I claim as new and desi'e to secure by Letters Patent is:

l device for supporting the o erating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of a framework and leans for sup porting said framework with respect to said main cable, means SllPPOl'iLGLl by said framework adapted. to engage the main cable in the normal position of saidmeans, and means associated with said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position.

2. A device-for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of a framework resiliently supported with respect to said main cable, means supported by said fran'iework adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said, means, and means associated with said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position.

3. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary sup porting cable, means supported by said. framework adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said means, and means associated with said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position.

4. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cablewaycompris ing the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary su 'iporting cable, means supported by said main framework adapted to enthe main cable in the normal position of said means, and means associated with said main cable engaging means adaptedto support the operating cable in said normal position. v

5. A device for supporting the operating cable of a. cable operated cableway compri ing the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a frame work carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, means supported by said main framework adaoted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said means, and means carried by said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said nor: mal position.

6. A. device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cablewa-y comprising the combination with the u'iain cable, of an an? 'liary supporting cable, framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supporting cable, means supported by said if: nnework adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said means means carried by said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal posit-ion, and means for supporting the return line of the operating cable.

7 A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, means supported by said main framework adapted to engage the main cable in the normal. position of said means, means carried by said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position, and means carried by the framework carried by the auxiliary supportingcable for support-- ing the return line of the operating cable.

8. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway compri ing the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected. to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, means supported by said main framework adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said means, means carried by said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position, and a sheave carried by the framework carried by the auxiliary supporting cable for supporting the return line of the operating cable.

9. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cableoperated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to th framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, means supported by said main framework adapted to' engage the main cable in the normal position of said means, means carried by said main cable engaging means adapted to support the operating cable in said normal position, and means carried by the main frame adapted to be engaged by a portion of the trolley or carriage travelling on the main cable to thereby-position said main frame with respect to the main cable as the trolley or carriage passes through the support-- ing device,

10. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway compri ing the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried. thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, a swinging arm supported by said main framework having a portion adapted to engage the main cable means carried by said swinging arm adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining said swinging arm in its.

normal operative position and for returning the same thereto.

11. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, swinging arms supported by said main framework having portions adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, means carried by each of said swinging arms adapted to supportthe operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto.

12. A device forsupporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supporting cable, a swinging arm supported by said framework having a portion adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arm, means carried by said H swinging arm adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining said swinging arm. in its normal operative position and for returning the same thereto.

13. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cablc operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an a xiliary supporting cable, a framework resi ntly connected to the auxiliary sup-- porting cable, swinging arms supported by said main framework having portions adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, means carried by each of said swinging arms adapted to support the operating cable, and. means for maintaining each of said swing; ing arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto.

l-i. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supthereto.

re eases 15. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary sup* porting cable, swinging arms supported by said framework having forked ends adapted to engage the main cable in the normal posi tion of said swinging arms, a sheave mounted on the end of each of said swinging arms adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto.

16. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the aux iliary supporting cable, swinging arms supported by said main framework having forked ends adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, a sheave mounted on the end of each of said swinging arms adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto.

17. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supporting cable, a swinging arm supported by said framework having a portion adapted to engage the main cable in the normal posi tion of said swinging arm, means carried by said swinging arm adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining said swinging arm in its normal operative position and for returning the same thereto, said means comprising a cable having one end connected to the swinging arm at a point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof, a weight secured to the other end of said cable, and means adapted to guide said cable to which said weight is attached when the swinging arm is moved out of its normal operative position.

18. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary sup porting cable, swinging arms supported by said framework having portions adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, means carrried by each of said swinging arms adapted to sup port the operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for re-' turning the same thereto, said means com prising a cable having one end connected to the swinging arm at a point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof, a weight secured to the other end of said cable, and means adapted to guide said cable to which said weight is attached when the swinging arm is moved out of its normal operative position.

19. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supporting cable, swinging arms supported by said framework having portions adapted to engage the main cable in the normal posi- 4 tion of said swinging arms, a sheave mounted on the end of each of said swinging arms adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto, said means comprising a cable having one end connected to the swinging arm at a point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof, a weight secured to the other end of said cable, and means adapted to guide said cable to which said weight is attached when the swinging arm is moved out of its normal operative position.

20. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework resiliently connected to the auxiliary supporting cable, swinging arms supported by said framework having forked ends adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, a sheave mounted on the end of each of said swinging arms adapted to support the operating cable, and means for maintaining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto, said means comprising a cable having one end connected to the swinging arm at a point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof, a weight secured to the other end of said cable, and means: adapted to guide said cable to which said weight is attached when the swinging arm is moved out of its normal operative position.

21. A device for supporting the operating cable of a cable operated cableway comprising the combination with the main cable, of an auxiliary supporting cable, a framework carried thereby, a main frame resiliently connected to the framework secured to the auxiliary supporting cable, swinging arms supported by said main framework having forked ends adapted to engage the main cable in the normal position of said swinging arms, a sheave mounted on the end of each ofsuicl swinging LUHIS adapted to support the operating ee -ole, and means for maintnining each of said swinging arms in their normal operative positions and for returning the same thereto, suiel means comprising a cable having one end' connected to the swinging erl'n at a point some distance from the pivotal axis thereof, a weight secured to the other end of said cable, and pulleys adapted to guide said cable to which said 10 *vveightis attached when the swinging arm is moved out of its normal'operative position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JAMES F. REILLY.- 

